Spoon“I Summon You” fromGimme Fiction(Mergewww.mergerecords.com 2005)—As you get older, time seems to accelerate. This record, which still seems pretty darn contemporary to me, is now 6 years old. Any random 6-year-gap back in the 70s or 80s seems like a lifetime.

Joe Henry“After the War” fromReverie(Antiwww.anti.com 2011)N —See, my subconscious told me to play this song next, and that's because the last line of this song is "Walking back to you." I may not retain a lot in the frontal lobes, but somewhere in this brain, connections get made.